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BASS AGM highlights growing

problem of cyber fraud

A
serious issue highlighted by “The precise way in which this address came into our inance team and
ISSA lawyer Bruce Hailey at happens does vary slightly from fraud looked to be genuine. In effect the money

the recent BASS AGM was the to fraud but it is an increasing problem. I was paid over and we tried to get it back
increase in cyber fraud throughout the am receiving reports every week.”and we couldn’t.”

ship supply industry.Following the AGM, Alex Taylor, “You need to be really vigilant about
Mr Hailey, a Director at Manchester- Managing Director of Hull-based ship requests to make payments to different

based Salvus Law, said: “The ship supply supplier Hutton’s, said his company had bank accounts. You need to ensure that
industry does appear to have been recently been a victim of email fraud, your email server security is really strong,”

targeted amongst others by fraudsters which resulted in unwittingly paying warned Mr Hailey.
who are essentially, one way or another, money into a bogus bank account.He says the industry is being

hacking someone’s email account and “We had a case where we were targeted because there is little

them interposing themselves between dealing with a customer in West Africa. telephone communication between
the two parties and through the email We were having an email correspondence business partners and urged companies

exchanges are creating a situation where with them, regarding payment, and then to make calls as well as sending emails.
they are intercepting emails, changing we received a secondary email which Mr Taylor said Hutton’s was

bank account details on those emails so basically said thanks for conirmationnow carrying out more telephone
people are unwittingly making payments of payment and please transfer it intoconirmations, as suggested by Mr

to bogus bank accounts.the following bank account. The emailHailey. u

COMPASS holds 20th

annual meeting in Montreal

A highlight of this year’s meeting was the hugely successful

Skype presentation by Bruce Hailey where he outlined the inal
details of the much talked about ‘Project Watchdog’, which he

so successfully presented at the 60th Annual ISSA Convention
& Trade Exhibition at Singapore last month. It was as if he was

in the room with the COMPASS Delegates. Thanks to the
advance preparation by the Bonaventure Hotel and Mr Hailey

using the latest HD software, the interaction with and by the
members was nothing short of brilliant with the lawyer ielding

individual delegate questions one on one.

The Gala Dinner saw tributes heaped on retiring CSSA
Director Craig Bishop of Clipper Ship Supply, Montreal. It was

noted that Mr Bishop was the irst President of the CSSA and
in fact one of the founding fathers when the Association was

1/formed in 1977. Many ISSA members will remember Craig
during the late 1970s and ‘80s when he represented Canada
T
he Committee of Marine Professionals and Ship on the then ISSA Executive Committee.
Suppliers, a joint consortium composed of members Elections were held at the individual Association Annual

from The Canadian Shipsupply & Services Association General Meetings, and Max Goldberg was re-elected
(CSSA) and the United States National Association of Marine President of NAMS and Rocky Rocksborough-Smith was re-

Services (NAMS), met at the Port City of Montreal for their elected President of CSSA. Alan Kotz will continue to represent

20th Annual COMPASS Meeting, from 28th to 31st May.NAMS at the ISSA Assembly as will Rocky Rocksborough-
This annual get-together of both associations has Smith for the CSSA. u

proved to be a highly successful way of exchanging ideas and
solving problems that face both associations operating at all
1/ Rocky Rocksborough-Smith, President and ISSA Representative of CSSA presenting
continental United States and Canadian ports.an award to retiring CSSA Director Craig Bishop

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